All Souls' Day
feast day in some Christian denominations
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Summary
All Souls' Day is a memorial[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of memorial entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,761 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: Christian holy day[3]
- Part of: Allhallowtide[4], liturgical year[5]
- Commons category: All Souls' Day[6]
- Said to be the same as: Vėlinės[7]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: November 2[8]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], The Catholic Encyclopedia[12]
- Different from: Q92912034[13]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wiki Loves Popular Culture Brazil - Traditions, rituals and oral expressions[14]
- P14541: 3Amf58[15]
Body
Influence
Things named for All Souls' Day include All Souls College[16], a college of the University of Oxford[17], in United Kingdom[18], founded in 1438[19], headquartered in Oxford[20].
Why It Matters
All Souls' Day has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]
Entities named for it include All Souls College[16], a college of the University of Oxford[17], in United Kingdom[18], founded in 1438[19], headquartered in Oxford[20].